e, Levi, Disney, Kathie Lee, Gap, and David Eisner are all multinational corporations that operate sweatshops within their factories. (Petticrew, 1999, pg. 1) In these sweatshops, there is not much concern for people's rights or for the working condition and this is where the problem comes in.
When companies move their factories to a cheaper country in order to benefit off the low wages it sounds like a fair, smart move by the companies. However, some of these businesses exploit the workers, abuse their rights, and do not meet country regulations and this is where the problem comes in. The low wages are not the real problem because in third world countries, what seems like a cheap wage, is actually a good wage. Wage differs per country, but human rights remain the same.
In countries around the world - including here in the United States - people are suffering abuses as they make the clothes that we wear. Sweatshop workers are routinely forced to work beyond their physical limits. Even as they toil around the clock, workers are barely paid enough to exist. On-the-job injuries occur regularly, and physical abuse and sexual intimidation are not uncommon. And when workers try to st
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